Read about a study from the Athena Institute in Canada on Estimating the Required Global Warming Offsets to Achieve a Carbon Neutral Synthetic Field Turf System Installation.
A new study correlates lower extremity injury risk with football playing surfaces. Read the abstract that was recently presented at the North American Congress on Biomechanics.
For the Penn State report to the Synthetic Turf Council on the Research Project Survival of Staphylococcus aureus on Synthetic Turf, click here. For more information about MRSA and athlete safety, click here.
Last summer, the Center for Disease Control issued an advisory about potential exposure to lead in artificial turf and the Consumer Products Safety Commission finds that synthetic fields are okay to install and play on for people of all ages.
You may also find helpful research that is being conducted about synthetic fields, by Dr. Andrew McNitt.
We encourage you to continue to educate yourself on the issues using scientific information and to be aware of possible media sensationalism and bias.
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